Our Magento 1.x rental booking system has been out for over 3 years so therefor has more features in it that are not all ported yet to Magento 2.x. Here is a comparison of the two showing which features are available in each.
Feature | Magento 1 | Magento 2 |
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Rental calendar on product page | ||
Global rental calendar on side column | ||
Add products to cart then choose dates | ||
Rental calendar widget that can be placed anywhere | ||
Complex pricing algorithm enabling price by any rental period ($X per X hours, $X per X Days, $X per X Weeks, etc.) with in between periods calculated automatically | ||
Fixed period rentals (admin can set the time period of the rental like 1 day or 1 week) the customer only selects the start date | ||
Advanced fixed period rentals (Repeatable fixed periods by day, week, month) | ||
Rental Buyouts (ability to purchase a rental product – this is a separate feature from being able to create a regular for sale product which is a default feature of Magento) | ||
Admin order creator (similar to POS) allowing admin to create orders, select shipping and payment methods, charge payment method, and accept signatures for the rental contract | ||
Multiple calendar styles | ||
Choose between prorated or non prorated for pricing | ||
Rental contracts with online digital signatures | ||
Quantity based inventory and serial number based inventory | ||
Maintenance tickets to maintain rental products and keep track of cost and technician | ||
Convert for sale products to rental products and rental products to for sale products | ||
Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Inventory report with details of order numbers and quantity ordered per day per product | ||
Time of day rentals allowing hourly rentals of products | ||
Turnover (buffer) time setting allowing you to set a certain time period before or after a rental for the rental product to be available again | ||
Turnover time based on ship method (for example if it is a 2 day ship method, there is 2 days before and after the rental for turnover time) | ||
Send and return rentals with email confirmation to customers (optional) | ||
Sent and returned rentals report | ||
Dropoff and pickup dates (separate from rental start and end date) | ||
Multi-language compatible | ||
VAT and international tax rates compatible | ||
Multi-currency compatible | ||
20+ language packs available (translated using Google Translate) | ||
Compatible with Magento payment modules (Authorize.net, Paypal, Braintree, Check/Money Order, Purchase Order, Bank Transfer Payment, Cash on Delivery) | ||
Damage Waiver Fees | coming soon | |
Security Deposit | coming soon | |
Manually reserve inventory (with no order) or edit edit rental dates (without changing price) | ||
Extend Order | ||
Manually edit rental dates (does not change order price) | ||
Disabled dates (can repeat) for store closed times, holidays | ||
Minimum and maximum rental periods | ||
Rentals work with configurable products (sizes, colors) and bundles (packages of multiple products, some can be for sale products too) | ||
Calendar report of rental orders by start/end date and rental orders by order (order extends length of rental on the calendar) | ||
Special pricing on certain dates (higher or lower prices for seasonal rentals, holidays, etc.) | ||
Return Reminders | ||
Force all rental items in order to use the same start and end dates | ||
Recurring billing | coming soon | |
Additional Reports | ROI, Low Inventory, Most Rented Products | |